Watch these 3 important videos and then read below to really understand what Sensitive Leadership is, as well as get all the details about working with me to lead your life!
Whether or not you want to be a member, this information will help you thrive + lead TODAY.
Video 1 :: What IS The Highly Sensitive Hierarchy of Needs?
Sensitive Leadership? Super Sensitive? Sensitive Sidekick?
Video 2 :: How to Select Services That Work for You Where You Are NOW
Video 3 :: Recorded Live Stream of Me Answering ALL Your Questions
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SENSITIVE LEADERSHIP DETAILS:
Are you Super Sensitive?
I AM.
And I am glad to be.
That’s me in the picture up there.
I am jumping on my wedding day (7/7/11) with health and vitality I never had before this past year, in the perfect dress that literally showed itself to me, with a man I never could have even dreamed of, in a true partnership that allows us both to be all that we are, in a place I cherish, with a group of people I adore, during a tearful, intimate, and meaningful ceremony that was created by all of us there, and the freedom to do it based on work that I LOVE to do.
These realities are all a result of a process I developed through coming to understand myself as highly sensitive.
These realities are a result of leading with sensitivity.
It’s a great paradox that those who are most powerful experience the most weakness.
My life definitely was not always like this. I used to be weak. I used to be “too sensitive”.
I used to hide, I never had a clue I could be this happy or show up in this way.
I used to judge myself for that and try to fix it.
I used to be in a life that wasn’t mine, waiting to live. Waiting to be chosen, fixed, understood.
And, even after I understood about the genetic trait of high sensitivity, I still wasn’t sure what to do with that information. As I felt more ok being sensitive, I still found myself stuck in a world that was not made for sensitive people. Knowing I was sensitive allowed me to feel ok being me, but life was still a struggle.
Now, my sensitivity is my super power. I let my self show up and shine in a big way.
I choose my self, everyday.
I give my self exactly what she wants.
AND it feels divine.
It’s more than just coping, or even thriving in the world that has been created.
It is actively being present to what is happening right now to create what I want.
It is my super power because being highly sensitive is an experience of “NOW”, amplified. And I know how I work. I know how to use my power in this moment. I didn’t before.
I used to let “NOW” amplified (what I picked up with my highly sensitivity nervous system) overwhelm, distract, disorient, and confuse me.
I was weak in my body, with money, in my relationships, with time, with how I worked, with how I interacted with emotions and thoughts, in all areas of my physical life. I didn’t trust my self. And, now I know it was just right. Physical weakness was part of my process as someone with a sensitive nervous system. I just had to keep going. And, now I know EXACTLY what that process is. It is our own hierarchy of needs and human development process that is the complete opposite of what we are taught.
I use my model of The Highly Sensitive Hierarchy of Needs™ (HSHN) to guide all that I do to create a beautiful life for myself and with my clients. Because, life must be beautiful in order for highly sensitive people to engage with it fully. We cannot settle. We must live on the edge of the known and the unknown. We are pilgrims, innovators, artists, entrepreneurs, parents, partners, lovers, peacemakers, change-makers, inventors, creators, gardeners.
The HSHN is based on Maslow’s 8-Stage Hierarchy of Needs, only we go from top to bottom, not bottom to top. We are working on connecting our great vision from above, all the way to grounding it on the earth as a reality. We work on understanding our bodies and boundaries, while hardier folks (the 80% that Maslow’s model fits for) are working on opening up and connecting with something higher.
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The Highly Sensitive Hierarchy of Needs™
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We can only meet our physical needs in a way that works for us when we have successively met the other needs in their order. And, it is through giving ourselves exactly what we need that we get success on every level as we are, rather than create a painful experience of what we should be. Health happens when you connect to the totality of your self. It’s easier than you might think and it feels so good to get what you want in a way that feels good to you. Before I understood this, my success felt like a struggle and a fight.
Perhaps you can relate to where I was:
- The way you are working now feels like a betrayal to your self. It seems like what you have found that “works” still goes against your nature in some way, but at least it works. At least you are getting some of the results you want, and you don’t want to slide back to where you came from.
- You have tried other programs, coaches, therapists, self-help books, spiritual or religious practices, workshops, trainings…maybe you have tried every single one out there…and still feel like they did not quite fit or didn’t fit at all. You may have gotten something out of them but you still felt like you had to fit your self into it in some way. There wasn’t total satisfaction or openness. There was something missing, or something that kept you holding back in some way.
- You have a rich inner life and a deep sense of self, the universe, connection but it doesn’t seem to translate to all the physical and practical aspects of your life. It remains a concept rather than an experience.
- You want to connect your big, deep vision to everything you do…but it seems unsafe, irresponsible, and impossible.
- You feel like you have to defend and prove your self. You are sick of fighting with your partner, your family, your doctors, maybe even your therapist. It feels like a battle just to be heard, sometimes or all the time.
- You want to be impeccable. You want to believe that you can have it all, be all that you are, and you don’t have to compromise. You know you are powerful on some level. You know you are capable. But you don’t know how to live in a sustainable way that supports both your spiritual and physical wants.
- You are face-to-face every day with the existential crisis that you have experienced your whole life. You want to know how to live. Why are you here with this sensitivity in a world that seems to punish it? What’s the point? Why is it so hard?
- Why do you get the message that there is something really wrong with you AND you also get so many people tell you that you are so gifted and powerful? How can you be getting such opposite messages at once?
- While you may be more accepting of your self and where you are, you still worry that you might be “too much”, “too demanding”, “too intense”, “too sensitive”, “too emotional” to have the exact work, life, relationship, home, friends that you really (maybe even secretly) want. You finally feel ok by your self, but out in the world you have to protect your self and you don’t know how to be ok out there too. You wonder if it’s even possible. And, what’s the point if it’s always going to be a struggle? Is there a balance? An answer? Is there something that works for you in the world? Or do you always just have to be alone in what’s important to you?
I have been working with highly sensitive clients for a couple years now. They all asked these questions and had the same frustrations I did.
I have been actively practicing connecting to my body and relaxing into being for most of my life, through a variety of practices: psychology, therapy, hypnosis, yoga, all kinds of physical exercise, physical therapy, meditation, family and human development education, systems theory, relational education, nutrition, all kinds of diets, supplementation, 5 Elements, kundalini energy movement, religion, spiritual practices of all types, marketing, business development, design…and much more…
I studied the profound work and research of Dr. Elaine Aron about sensory processing sensitivity and discovered my own applications based on those studies. I have found lots of strategies to support myself and other people with the trait of high sensitivity in thriving, doing more than just getting by, surviving, or struggling. Really thriving, and then leading, through the system that I have developed.
I have tested it. I know it works. You can have what works for you.
And, now that I am thriving and so many of my clients are, I am face to face with what I have known and wanted all along. Impeccability. Leading with sensitivity in EVERYTHING. And I want it on a large scale for all of us.
I want to relieve suffering for all of us. I want us all to experience our full selves.
Spirituality IS your business.
When I say “spirituality” I mean all the aspects of life that are unknown, what we don’t hold in our hand or touch physically in a concrete sense. I mean the top of the hierarchy of needs. Spirituality is the big picture where all HSPs start out and hang out, whatever that is for you. I don’t mean religion or any particular belief system.
Business is spiritual practice. And, spiritual practice IS your business. It is bringing the unknown to the known. But, we must choose it. We must choose to stand with the unknown and play, improvise with the most current information we receive. We must choose our childhoods that we have not yet had. And when we let our imaginary, inner world be connected with reality, everyone benefits. For highly sensitive people, work is play.
I know for sure that connected and empowered highly sensitive people are natural leaders. We bring heaven to earth with our very being. But, we have to GO ALL THE WAY. We have to ground every part of ourselves.
Learn how to use your sensitivity as your super power.
Being a Sensitive Leader means leading with your sensitivity, leading with your intuition, feelings, senses. You first lead your self this way, and then you cannot help but lead others, sensitively, to connect completely with the totality of their experience and their self as well. You can lead no matter who you are or where you are. It’s not about being in a “big” position by typical standards; it’s about being big where you are by being right where you are fully.
As you can see from the HSHN model, if we get hung up somewhere along the way we will never ground ourselves or bring our self to full connection and physical reality. We spin in our heads forever and ever and ever….never touching down. It’s not good or bad, just the way we work. It’s not a disorder; it’s just not completing the connection to earth. And it’s in not going all the way into something, only going half way or part of the way and staying there, that we experience suffering.
And, we use addiction to ground us compulsively out of fear. We want something to quickly hold on to if we have never gone all the way through meeting our needs. Thought addiction, relationship addiction (co-dependence), substance addiction, work addiction, exercise addiction. Most HSPs have at least one addiction to help them get by until they can really connect fully with their entire self. We have to. Now it’s time to let go of the addiction by getting what you really want. You don’t have to cut out any part of you to feel grounded. In fact, the more inclusive you are, the more sustainably grounded you are.
There are some very specific hang-ups along the way. I know because I have been through them and helped my clients through them.
And, there are some very specific helpful strategies that I know too.
I want to help you GO ALL THE WAY to what you want.
I want to support you in understanding why you do what you do. What matters to you, and live it every day.
And, I want to give it all to you.
I have created a program that will meet you wherever you are and connect you to wherever you want to go.
Health and success are very practical. You just have to know the steps that fit for you and do them.
So, how are we going to take these steps?
Sensitive Leadership.
What is Sensitive Leadership?
:: A 10-month membership program that includes monthly modules to move you through all 8 stages of The Highly Sensitive Hierarchy of Needs to really, truly feel understood, accepted, and lead with sensitivity in all that you do.
:: A menu of services to choose from depending on what level you are at where you are now :: Essentials, Plus, and Super!
:: Essentials is for every highly sensitive person who has any desire to understand themselves and how they work, with even the tiniest amount of hope that maybe they don’t need to be fixed, maybe they are just right as they are, maybe they belong, maybe they have a gift, and maybe there is a way they can feel good. Super affordable, super convenient. It really is essential for you, HSP.
:: Essentials Plus is for those who are starting to trust their pleasures/beauty needs and/or cognitive understanding of life and want to experience them. It’s for those who are ready to connect with others in an authentic, powerful way to truly understand your value.
:: Super Sensitive is for those who understand that they are valuable in some way and really want to go all the way. They want to set up their lives based on what works for them, who they are, and experience the Super Sensitive life they have dreamed of in every way.
When is it?
:: January 1st – October 31st
How will we do this?
:: Online access to each monthly module at your convenience
:: A membership forum where you can connect with other Sensitive Leaders for collaboration, resources, find/receive services, and to share your services with
:: Monthly question and answer coaching calls to get laser focused on what’s relevant right now, and recordings of all the calls
:: Opportunities to go even deeper and get more support through work with me one-on-one, in group intensives as well as individual intensives, and retreats in the Plus and Super levels :: find out about this in the Menu of Services
Where is it?
Essentials is all online and over the phone (phone optional).
For the more intensive in-person services you will be in and around NYC. Retreats are in nearby locations. See Menu of Services.
What will the modules include?
Each module will include audio content to support you in cognitively learning about each stage, as well as hypnosis recordings, homework, physical practices, and more to support you in taking action to move through each stage. Plus and Super give you extra 1-on-1 and group support to go even deeper into each module and application of the information.
Here’s the gist of the content that will be in each module:
:: Transcendence/Spiritual Needs:
Learn to own and trust your big vision, what you see that no one else does or can. Trust that you are connected to everything and everyone. You are just right, right now. Use death as your greatest advisor to bring you here into this moment now, alive. We work with the anxiety and depression that all HSPs experience to stopping fighting with it and learn how to be with it powerfully. I teach you my model of Practical Spirituality based on the rules for how your mind works.
:: Self-Actualization Needs:
Now that you trust what you see/feel/know, you can learn that you are, separate from these experiences. Learn to realize your self, that you exist as the only you there ever was or will be. Feel your body, your presence. Understand your self as in a body, not just part of the whole and not just the concept of your self. Your separateness is what helps you feel connected. Really experience your self as I teach you presence-based models through hypnosis, mindfulness, guided meditation, and improvisation. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) strategies can help you get clear on being here.
:: Aesthetic Needs:
Now that you know that you are, learn to trust your desires. Design your life by prioritizing what you want, what you need, and what you must have that doesn’t relate to anything else in your life (LUXURY, PLEASURE, JUST BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD). Do less and get more. Learn to trust that just as you are, so are your desires, sensations, and emotions. It’s ok to like and dislike, without justification, excuse, or defense. Learn about what you like. Learn about what is beautiful to you, what fits…and what does not fit. All that you do must be beautiful to you. You must create a beautiful life, or you will only get so far. This is where most HSPs get hung up. What you desire and what you don’t want are your greatest offering. Healing your wounds and bringing into the world your beauty are where your value lies. We will use my highly sensitive lifestyle design model that is based on the model professional designers use to create a product that has both form and function.
:: Cognitive Needs:
Now that life is beautiful, learn about what your purpose is. Get a cognitive understanding that makes sense to you based on what feels good to you. Translate your feelings into words; distill it down to something you can use. Our native language is not verbal; it is picture, texture, and color, kinesthetic and abstract. Story and metaphor allow us to make sense of and work with this abstract experience we have. Learn to give substance to your inner world. Start living out what you feel on the inside by first channeling into substance. I will use Simon Sinek’s model on understanding your WHY to bring your why into words.
:: Esteem Needs:
Now that you know you are important, that you are here, and therefore you have a purpose as a unique individual, understand your value. Experience your value in the context of a group, practicing sharing your gifts to see exactly how wanted they are. Experience your self as rare and precious without even trying. This is about connection with others. This is about taking the risk to show up in your most vulnerable state and see that you are wanted. Understand how we are all already marketing ourselves, and how you can do it on purpose with great compassion. I will utilize Jennifer Lee’s Right-Brain Business Planning as a licensed facilitator to serve you in getting down to business with whatever is important and beautiful to you.
:: Love and Belonging Needs:
Now that you understand that you do have essential value to offer simply with your presence that others want, experience true love and acceptance for who you are inherently not just what you do. Intimate connection is difficult before this phase. Release shame, guilt, and judgment. Experience your self as innocent and complete as you are. Engage in relationships that you choose, that you want. Learn to have high expectations and to not settle to get exactly what you want in partnerships, friendships, and all your relationships. Learn about highly sensitive dating, friendships, and partnerships. I will teach you about family systems and how to interact with an understanding that we are all connected, and also individuals. We will use Brené Brown’s Shame Resiliency Connections Curriculum to practice vulnerability, courage, and compassion with your self as you reach out.
:: Safety Needs:
Now that you feel loved and that you belong, you can feel safe. You can set up flexible guidelines based on what you really want and know that they will be honored because they are backed with meaning. They aren’t arbitrary or imposed by some rulebook. Safety is possible now that you know you belong here, you are here on purpose. You can discover your specific boundaries about money, relationships, time, schedule, lifestyle, space, and all the specifics now that they are based on what is truly meaningful and beautiful to you. This is where you understand your boundaries (AT LAST) and where they actually make sense, and they are constantly evolving based on what is happening now. I use my 5 elements model (Love/Light/Ether/Wood, Air, Water, Earth, Fire) to teach about boundaries, what they REALLY are, and how to use them in a way that works for you.
:: Physiological Needs:
And FINALLY, now that you have met all of these needs above and you truly feel safe, you can get your physical needs in a way that really feels good to you. You CAN meet your most concrete needs in a way that works for you as you give yourself permission to set and follow boundaries and guidelines that feel good to you. You have made it all the way down into your body. Get paid for being you, get connected with others, live in the physical reality you love. Your dreams are reality now. You are grounded, connected, and HERE. What you want is sitting in front of you in physical form. YES!!!
This is where it all happens, right here and right now.
You can totally do this. I do and so do so many others, therefore so can you.
You can use this model as you make every decision, when you feel stuck, and as a big picture evolution of your life. You may move through the stages over the course of the year, or years, on a grand level. And you move through each stage to successfully make decisions and take each step in your day-to-day life. I will outline what each of the stages look like within life and how I moved through them specifically over time and as I make in-the-moment decisions.
If you are highly sensitive, this information is VITAL. No therapist, coach, service, program will really help you go all the way until you and they get this. And, that’s why none of them have totally gotten you there.
I know it is so important to create this community and to teach this powerful information. It’s ok to be you and live in a way that makes sense for you. Not too many people are sharing this kind of information. It’s a great paradox that the most powerful people experience the greatest weakness. And, NO ONE is sharing this powerful and simple model. There are lots of boot camps and just-whip-your-self-into-shape methods out there. This is not one of those. Those will not ultimately work for you. They are moving in the other direction, from the ground up. And, if you are anything like me, you have already done plenty of that to your self. What you need is MORE empathy for YOU. More empathy for that body of yours that may be holding fear, pain, and experiencing mistrust and disconnection. That body that also has a vision and DNA that are programmed to evolve, fiercely. More listening and less forcing. Less trying and more being. Let it be easy to be you.
I have spent over a year considering how I can give you a service that will truly be of benefit and cover all the bases. This is it. In this format I can give it all to you. I have been working one-on-one and teaching people one at a time everything I can. But, then I can’t give them everything, only bits and pieces. This is all-inclusive. I am giving it all.
Are you ready to lead your life with sensitivity?
Create a life that works for you instead of let life run you around in what feel like meaningless and painful circles?
Do you have an important, sensitive vision you want to share?
Or, do you have NO IDEA what you want to do, but you know you cannot keep doing what you have been doing?
Are you completely sick of struggling and ready to strengthen your core, live from the inside out? Bring your internal world to an external reality?
Are you ready to be impeccable? To bring your truth into ALL that you do and not settle? No more compromises?
Do you want to know what really works for you? And for all the other highly sensitive people in your life that you love and serve?
YES?!
Me too.
I promise you my whole self, all that I have, my true attention and intention as a collaborative partner to be with you in this moment as it is to go where you want to go.
If you are feeling excited about this, maybe even scared, it’s because it fits for you and part of you knows it’s about to shift in a big way. That can feel scary. If it feels important, listen to that. This is for you. You can have it. And, when you do EVERYONE gets more of what they want on the physical level.
Trust it.
If it’s telling you “YES!”, that you really WANT this, then let this be your first step to lead with sensitivity and experiment with your essential value. Register for the essentials or check out the Menu of Services for more intensive work together.
Here are the details to get signed up and on board the Sensitive Leader Ship:
Registration is currently closed for essentials.
| Sensitive Leadership | Essentials | Plus | Super |
| 10 Highly Sensitive Hierarchy of Needs Modules ($3,000 value) | : | :: | ::: |
| Access to Private Forum (Priceless) | : |
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| Monthly Q + A Group Coaching Calls ($2,000) | : | :: | ::: |
| 1 Week Small Group Intensive ($4,000) | :: | ::: | |
| Full Day 1-on-1 Sensitive Lifestyle Intensive ($3,000) | ::: | ||
| Monthly 1-on-1 Sessions with Ane ($4,000) | ::: | ||
| Ane Axford’s School of Witchcraft + Sensitivity Weekend Retreat ($6,000) | ::: |
For the Sensitive Leadership Plus and Super Sensitive options, see the Menu of Services.
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:: BONUSES ::
:: sensitive + thriving basics :: my online basics program for those who are just learning about the genetic trait of high sensitivity. You will get access to this as soon as your registration is processed.
:: For those who are interested in being highlighted on my website in an interview with me about how you lead through sensitivity in your business, life, work, play, family, or anywhere else, applications for this will be provided once you are signed into the program.
:: There are some bonuses yet to be revealed…stay tuned.
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REFUND POLICY :: If for any reason you are not satisfied with what you have received after the first 3 months of the Essentials program (by the last day of March), you can cancel and receive a full refund. You will be removed from online group access and all other forms of Sensitive Leadership participation. After that point there is no refund available due to the intensive nature of the services provided. All other services on the menu do not have a refund option. If you have any questions, concerns, or problems arise regarding the program after entry, please address them directly with me (info@sensitiveandthriving.com) so that they may be resolved in the most efficient and supportive way possible.
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Start your new year focused on what works for you for once. Let this finally be YOUR year. Everything else flows out of this. Without this, you’re fighting your own nature and using your super power against your self. BUT, with this knowledge, you are unlimited.
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That is quite enough from me. Read what other Super Sensitive Leaders who have worked with me said about our work together (below)…and then lead with your sensitivity, by following your heart’s desire and letting it guide you to exactly where you didn’t know you wanted to be.
In love + connection,
Ane Axford Super Sensitive CEO sensitive + thriving, Inc.
What problem were you facing that Ane’s services helped solve?
“I was having a hard time liking and understanding my sensitive body amidst my mental challenges with depression, anxiety and psychosis.”
“Anxiety. Difficulty making decisions. Obsessive self-destructive thoughts and self-image issues.”
“…despite multiple failures with other therapists, I still felt a deep yearning for exactly what Ane provides–just by being her GIANT COOL SELF!!!”
“Relationship addiction, issues at work, inability to speak for myself, not understanding why I wasn’t getting what I wanted in life, not being able to take care of myself.”
“I was feeling generally very frustrated and stuck in life, with a poor understanding of why, very little idea of how to feel better, and real difficulty communicating my feelings to the people I’m close to in my life. These were not particularly new problems, but they were persistent.”
Has working with Ane made your life easier? How?
“Yes. I feel more accepting of my body, which has changed my life in a lot of positive ways. Ane has given me the permission I needed (because I could not give it to myself) to move ahead with projects, to like what I’m doing, to get rid of the stuff that I don’t like doing. Also, she has shared her knowledge and wisdom on what it is like to be sensitive and this has allowed me to understand myself better.”
“I used to wake up every morning and feel like crap….wondering why I was so ‘dark on the inside’ when I am such a typically positive person. Now I wake up and hear Ane’s voice say, ‘You’re just right.’ It’s a radical, wonderful, miraculous shift in every way. When I get overwhelmed and exhausted or daunted during the day, now I can check-in with tenderness and say, ‘Hey little orchid, it’s okay….’ Instead of constantly striving to be someone and somehow different/better and like everyone else. I now acknowledge with real wisdom and reverence that this is just not, never has been, and never will be the way I THRIVE. And I embrace that my unique construction is truly a precious gift–but like a priceless Renaissance instrument, I can’t mistreat it.”
“The biggest thing, I think, is that Ane’s helped me understand that there is no ‘best way’ to do things, or to be. I spent such a large chunk of my life thinking that others know something about how to live, some secret that I’m not in on. Ane’s helped me internalize this idea that there is no ‘right’ way of doing or being, that it’s ok to just do my best and figure it out as I go. Life also becomes easier when you accept responsibility for it. Through my work with Ane, life feels less like something that happens to me and more like something I create for myself. I can also use my awareness better. I can tell when my thoughts are playing tricks on me. I understand my body better and have a healthier relationship with it.”
“Yes. Working with Ane transformed my life.
Ane brought gifts to my life that I will forever be grateful for:
1 ) the art of extreme self-care:
2 ) the ability to get into my body and find out what I feel and allow myself to feel
3 ) in hypnosis: teaching me how to have an experience of whatever it is that I wanted by remembering something that I have experienced before or trying to imagine what it would feel like if I had something that I desire
4 ) help me understand that people in my environment don’t have the ability to put a price tag on me. basically, not allowing my surroundings especially at work to validate who I am
5 ) that relationships are mirrors, learning how to let go, learning how to go for what I want, and that I can always change my mind
6 ) that I am enough just as I am right now, that I am safe, and deserve love, appreciation
7 ) when I am alone, its okay to be alone, and that its not going to be forever, I am alone today, this week, or this month…
8 ) establishing boundaries, not tolerating things that affect me in a negative way, protecting my sensitivity instead of allowing unnecessary exposure
9 ) teaching me about practical spirituality and busting myths about law of attraction
10 ) that all of this is part of my journey, and getting me where I need to go. being a mess, being lost, confused, misunderstood is just a phase and its the best one for me, its exactly what I need to experience right now.”
What do you like about the experience of working with Ane?
“Ane’s really patient. She has a great way of explaining things and she’s down for going deep with people.”
“Even when I go into a call without anything particular in mind, I feel like she’s able to pick up on threads and we end up discussing something that feels profound. I often find Ane giving me words for something I couldn’t express so succinctly before; there’s a definite sense of solid understanding that I don’t get with everyone. The whole process has proven itself to me time and time again.”
“I’ve been to other therapists before, and often, I left their office more depressed than when I came in. The whole session seemed to be me talking about what wasn’t working out in my life, to a level of detail and in such negative language that it kind of brought it to life again and made me think, ‘God, my life *does* suck’. And the responses were usually understanding but not empowering, because they would just acknowledge that I was dealt a crappy hand in life with a screwed up brain wiring that made me anxious and unhappy. They gave me anxiety/anti-depressant drugs sometimes, which were scary and not helpful. There was never any sense that the nervous system I was born with could be a good thing, it was always this handicap I had to learn to live with. Which I would guess is kind of the depressing message HSPs get a lot: life as coping. That’s sad! I like that I feel empowered after I see Ane, like I don’t have to be fixed, I just have to learn to use this other type of brain that I got.“
“She’s honest, fair, shares her own experiences, can be really funny, relies on her intuition and speaks from the heart. And she doesn’t place a lot of emphasis on past experience unless it is relevant today.”
“Absolutely EVERYTHING. Ane brings this magical, mystical wealth of ever-expanding knowledge and a sense of exciting discovery to every session, yet she is not the least bit judgmental with linear lectures or preconceived prescriptions….I sometimes feel as if we are absorbing art together and creating meaning in a delicate yet daring dance and my participation is celebrated and honored rather than measured and/or dissected with disapproval. I can finally honestly admit that being with other therapists was one of the most traumatic experiences of my journey–it was dark and dirty and downright depressing. Ane exposes light and more light to my life with all kinds of colors and facets to explore so that I don’t feel as if any angle is wrong or should/could be changed. There is a liberation in her presence that is pure joy.“
“I feel safe and understood with Ane.”
Were you pleasantly surprised by any part of your experience with Ane?
“That it’s often really practical. Finding out how to like yourself and understand yourself could become a really counter productive exercise if you tend to over analyzing things to begin with. But Ane tries to always bring you back to a concrete, tangible, goal, and helps you break it down into a to-do list that you can check back in on to assess your progress.”
“At the start, I wasn’t sure what to expect and I was presently surprised by the effectiveness of the hypnosis exercises over the phone.”
“I am surprised how I continue to learn something about myself from each of our sessions.”
“Oh gosh–I absolutely LOVE going to my sessions! I had no idea that ‘therapy’ could be so freeing and fun….When my students would describe how much they appreciated that I was not just their teacher but their friend, I would wonder if I could ever find a guide who would feel that way for me–and now I have….I am like a walking infomercial for Ane because (as one of my HSP friends says) she makes me feel ‘heart sparkles’ inside! I know that, through our journey together, I truly have someone who is 150% invested in supporting my genuine growth….Not what they think I should be or could be but what can happen only naturally and organically and through a divine dance of delight and discovery. I almost feel like Ane and I have a ‘secret language’ that I get to explore and express when we’re together…. I am more myself with Ane than anyone else on the planet right now. Wow.”
“Yes–everything. When I look back at my first day working with Ane to today, I could never picture that I would have come this far.“
“How much I learned. When she described HSPs as ‘giants’, I laughed. Already being 6’1″, I’m well aware of life as a physical giant, but had always tried to squeeze myself into this smaller world. I felt really inspired after that to stop trying as much.”
What did you find remarkable about Ane’s services?
“I feel more like I’m being taught or guided rather than ‘treated’, which I think is a remarkable difference from more mainstream services.”
“How open and available Ane is. Makes relating much easier!”
“The service I value the most is how Ane continues to mix her intuition with the practical. She will provide her sense on things and then offer practical exercises to help manage the problem that I feel are really valuable because she has tried them out herself. I can’t emphasize enough how valuable the practical exercises are. I also value that she is an HSP—this is important because right away you feel she can relate to you—this provides an immediate connection.”
“I am so glad that Ane shares her journey with me….I’ve never had a therapist/teacher/mentor who would openly reveal the parts of herself that connected so much with my own experiences….and I really need that. Yale University taught that personal stories are a pivotal part of developing Emotional Literacy, and this truth is being practiced in our sessions together, creating a Trust that lasers into more healing through shared emotions, experiences, impressions, struggles….I am so grateful to be ‘in it’ together and feel like we’re gardening the layers of my soul’s soil on both physical and metaphysical/mystical levels…“
“Ane is more than a therapist — she is a healer.”
“How much she ‘got’ what I was saying, and how much her words of wisdom affected me.”
What is the most important thing people should know about Ane’s services?
“Ane creates the potential for miracles.”
“This is a science that can truly help.”
“How easy they are. You can either actively participate or not, but either way, you’ll get a lot out of it (Basics Program).”
“If you are interested in changing your life, if you see the same patterns happening at work, relationships, friendships, within your body and you don’t understand what it is or how to help yourself, then talk to Ane. I was so blessed to find her on the website, she had a very radiant picture of herself and that was a reason I contacted her. I also read a few reviews of people who found hypnosis very helpful and how their issues disappeared after a few sessions with Ane. I didn’t know what to expect from hypnosis, especially working with someone I didn’t know, and also admitting that I have an issue, wasn’t easy. All I knew was that I couldn’t live like I was anymore.”
Would you recommend Ane’s services to your highly sensitive friends, family or co-workers? Why?
“Yes. I already have. My family and many of my friends have commented on how much I’ve changed–my ability to let things slide, good zen-like, life advice I give them, so I told them about Ane.”
“YES! When I like something, I LOVE it, and I talk about Ane’s awesome-ness with so much passion that one of my friends asked me if I was in love with her. I am falling in love with myself in a way never before even remotely possible as a result of our journey together.“
“Yes. Because she’s helped me immensely to understand myself better and to be okay with that and this is empowering to me. I really feel this is what a therapist is meant to do, and I’ve been through a few therapists!“
What part of your experience with Ane makes you want to work with Ane again?
“After each call, I feel better than before it. At the same time, I notice larger, longer term changes for the better as well.”
“I feel like every time I’m with Ane, she helps to pull a thread out of the tapestry of my ‘kaleidoscope cosmos’ inside that I wanted and needed in order to play the music of my soul and now I can actually access it and feel this thread integrated into my essence so that I can play the notes of my life with a full symphony of meaning and magic–I had dreamed of this possibility in the heart of my hearts but never knew could really actually unfold…”
“She understands where I come from, and she shows me way back to myself when I get lost.”
“Ane’s great and really loves this work, it’s clear. She makes everything accessible and approachable. She sees HSP as holistic and a blessing and that’s what a lot of people, myself included, need.“
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